Iron limitation, grazing pressure and oceanic high nutrient-low chlorophyll (HNLC) regions

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 525-547

  Pitchford, Jonathan William ^a   Brindley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

GRAZING PRESSURE; IRON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION MODELING; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0032773971     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.3.525     Document Type: Article

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